I remember in the late 90s there were a lot of boxing fans who wanted to see Golota vs Maskaev. The Klitschos were still relatively unknown so Golota and Maskaev were the only two eastern European fighters making noise in the division. I always had the 90s version of Golota beating Oleg with relative ease with Golota's superior skills at that time via late stoppage or decision. Oleg had one hell of a hard right hand so he could have hurt Golota but Golota had one hell of a good chin back then. It would have been an interesting match up at the time.

Maskaev did have the power to hurt Andrew, but Oleg was never especially quick. Golota definitely had better speed of both hand and foot, and I think he'd have been able to outjab Oleg and mostly avoid those right hands. Golota did have deceptively fast hands, once upon a time.

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But these days I think Golota might struggle in a Golota vs Jack Basting rematch.

Maskaev did have the power to hurt Andrew, but Oleg was never especially quick. Golota definitely had better speed of both hand and foot, and I think he'd have been able to outjab Oleg and mostly avoid those right hands. Golota did have deceptively fast hands, once upon a time.

Wasn't that guy like 41 back when he fought Golota in like '98?

Yeah. He also had a gimp leg and apparently was a part time boxer by day and a male stripper wannabe by night!!

Researching his record, his last fight was a KO loss in the 1st round by some guy named David Dixon back in '03. He ended his career with a record of 23 wins 15 losses with 7 KOs. That would be awesome if a 56 year old Basting announced a comeback and called out Golota for a rematch.

Yeah. He also had a gimp leg and apparently was a part time boxer by day and a male stripper wannabe by night!!

Researching his record, his last fight was a KO loss in the 1st round by some guy named David Dixon back in '03. He ended his career with a record of 23 wins 15 losses with 7 KOs. That would be awesome if a 56 year old Basting announced a comeback and called out Golota for a rematch.